Rule 3 of the draft rules of procedure being applied states that “sessions of the Conference of the Parties shall take place at the seat of the secretariat, unless the Conference of the Parties decides otherwise or other appropriate arrangements are made by the secretariat in consultation with the Parties.” Because the planning of sessions away from the secretariat's headquarters takes time for both the host government and the secretariat, any potential host governments of COP 10 are encouraged to come forward with an offer that could be considered by the SBI at its eighteenth session and by the COP at its ninth session.
El artículo 3 del proyecto de reglamento que se aplica estipula que "los períodos de sesiones de la Conferencia de las Partes tendrán lugar en la sede de la secretaría, a menos que la Conferencia de las Partes decida otra cosa o que la secretaría, en consulta con las Partes, adopte otras disposiciones apropiadas".